LIFE AS RADIANT CINEMA /

+DOCUMENTING LIFE & WORK+

>(inspired by lecorbusier, goff<

>wright, gaudi, fuller, etc)<

 +VIA THE ART OF COLLAGE+
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>since about year 1946 i have photographed<
>my life and work with a series of cameras<
+(MERCURY to LEICA+
+35MM CAMERAS)+
>here is a selection of the docu-photos<
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+FRIENDS ARE A VITAL PART+
>(family and friends are the<
>soul of our path in life)<
+OF LIFE DOCUMENTATION+
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>christopher friedrichs, new orleans landscape<
+(CHRIS WAS FAMED for+
+HIS NOLA GARDENS)+
>architect was my friend and LSU classmate<
>(four images / docu-collage page concept)<
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>french organic syndrome expressed with a<
>torn new orleans french baguette wrapper<
+(WORDS & PHOTOGRAPHS+
+A POWERFUL SYNERGY)+
>background for radiant energy photos<
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 >french creole tombs and country churches<
>create a b&w background for radiant calif<
+(RADIANT, FRESH GROWTH+
+FROM THE SOIL OF DECAY)+
>architecture and synergetic biomorphics<
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 >a+u publication, japan (right)<
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 >a+u publication, japan, 1985<
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 >in 1985 my architecture and photo inventions<
>were published and exhibited in france and<
+(FRANCE & JAPAN, PUB 1985+
+"RADIANT ARCHITECTURE")+
>japan by A+U and the paris biennale<
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 >synergetic environs, 4 image photo collage<
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 >biotronic energy structures became my major<
>focus and photo-collage an increasingly vital<
+(SDSU SYNERGETICS TO+
+LECTURES IN LONDON)+
>asset in communicating the radiant concepts<
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 >thousands of photos, many yet unseen<
>are in my lecture cylinders given sdsu<
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 >color, light energy in new orleans to the<
>biotronic structures in california photo<
+GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+/ RADIANT CONCEPTS+
>techniques became an important tool<
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 >our first sdsu arizona field trip to wright,<
>soleri structures, (tom davis included)<
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 >field trips, prototypes and exhibitions were the<
>subject of much photo-collage xerography and<
+(XEROGRAPHY WAS EFFICIENT+
+AFFORDABLE & AESTHETIC)+
>correspondence art the communication tool<
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>wilty residence, (times picayune roto)<
>typical mail art color xerox document<
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 >my oeuvre had a balanced content of built<
>structures w/ research oriented prototypes<
+(GOOGLE :   EUGENE RAY /+
+new orleans TROPIC DESIGN)+
>creativity & invention always important<
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 >the plant kingdom was at the heart of my<
>metaphysical photo collage graphics and<
+GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+/ PLANT KINGDOM+
>these became the soul of mailed packets<
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 >a corner of my studio at the end revealed<

>a plethora of photo-collage documenta &,<

+GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+

+ASPEN DESIGN CONF.+

>research references from cosmic sources<

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+METAPHYSIC PHOTO-MONTAGE+
>("visionary architecture" published<
>2 of my designs in new york city)<
+AN ARCHITECTURAL ESSENCE+
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eugene ray, mfa, architect

professor emeritus, sdsu